बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

Adh. XIX. ] एकोनविंशोऽध्यायः 195
absolutely no fight between the Moon on one side and a
planet or a star on the other.
तथाऽऽचार्यविष्णुचन्द्रः ।
दिवसकरेणास्तमयः समागमः शीतरश्मिसहितानाम् ।
कुसुतीदानां युद्धं निगद्यतेऽन्योन्ययुक्तानाम् ॥ इति ॥
यच्चोक्तमादित्यस्य जयपराजयं ते गोलवासना बाह्याः ।
Thus ends the 18th Adhyaya on "the Conjunction of the
Moon with the Planets or Stars."
ग्रहवर्षफलाध्यायः ॥१९॥ The years presided over by
each of the planets and their results.
Utpala has made the following remarks :
कस्य ग्रहस्य कस्मिन्वर्षे कीदृशानि शुभाशुभानि फलानि भवन्तीति । यत
आचार्येण पूर्वमेव प्रतिज्ञातमासीत् । पञ्चसिद्धान्तिकायाम्
वर्ष यद्यस्य फलं मासे च मुनिप्रणीतमालोक्य ।
तत्तद्वृत्तैर्वक्ष्ये होरातन्त्रोत्तरविधाने ॥ इति-
It will thus be seen that Varahamihira fulfils the promise he
had made above (in the Panchasiddhantika), by 'treating of this
subject in the present work. Dr. Kern remarks in his foot notes:—
"It is not known which source has been chiefly used by our author in
this particular instance ; thus much, however, is certain, that long before
his time Greek horoscopy had been introduced into India."
By मुनिप्रणीतं, Varahamihira certainly refers to Garga, Para-
sara and a host of other Hindu astrologers (as he has consistently
been doing in all his works. No doubt, Yavana lived before
Varahamihira and that Greek astrology was not unknown in India
in his time. But to say that this idea about Varsha and Masa
Phalas has been introduced into India by Yavana is 'certainly in-
correct as sages who lived in India ages before have freely spoken
about these. It may safely be said that ancient sages of India like